These are the court summons for William Norris filed on 31 May 1889 by Drew and Napier, the solicitors for the plaintiff in the suit between Moona binte Mahabote (plaintiff) and Hadjee Nadin (defendant). This document is part of a collection of legal documents from the 19th and early 20th centuries which provides a glimpse into the work of the notable personalities who left their mark on Singapore’s legal history, and the economic and other transactions undertaken by ordinary immigrants in 19th century Singapore that tell stories of misfortune and indebtedness which would otherwise have disappeared from history.
